Peacock proved amusing. His conversation was more frivolous than intellectual, but his carriage was the finest to be seen and his team of matched grays above reproach. To add a touch of respectability to the outing., Sally arranged to meet her sister and Derwent there and walk around the grounds with them. She was worried to see how well Derwent and Peacock got on together. Before they had gone ten yards, the ladies fell behind while the men set a brisker pace ahead. Mellie soon wanted to rest on a bench, and the men disappeared from view. When they returned, there was talk of the four of them going “on the town” that evening. “We are to go to Almack’s, Ronald,” Melanie reminded him. “That dull place? Peacock says we’ll have a livelier time at the Pantheon masquerade.” “It has all been arranged,” Sally said, and considered the matter closed. “We must drop in and say how do you do,” Ronald agreed. “That is no reason we must stay all night. We’ll get together later, Peacock, around eleven.”
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